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Tells the unexpected story of the human body by exploring the marvel and mystery of the menstrual cycle, from the first | dG1fbFF6OFB4aTAyTUE
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00:00 Periods?
00:01 Hmm.
00:02 Yeah!
00:03 I f***ing hate having my periods.
00:05 When I was growing up, we did not speak about it.
00:07 I never had like the period talk with my mom or my dad.
00:10 I'm supposed to get my period any minute.
00:13 I think women's bodies are political, and so I think the period is part of that.
00:16 It's just part of life.
00:17 We have suppressed that knowledge and made it seem shameful.
00:21 The word hysteria comes from the word hysteria, which is Greek for uterus.
00:26 Basically anything that happened with your period made you crazy.
00:29 We're going to Michigan to put that pressure on lawmakers to repeal the Michigan tampon
00:35 tax.
00:37 What would happen if men could menstruate?
00:39 We tried a period cramp simulator.
00:43 I had my first hot flash the other day.
00:47 I was just sick of keeping it secret.
00:49 Let's get rid of stigma.
00:51 So I always say, you know, closed for business, but open for pleasure.
00:55 [MUSIC PLAYING]
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